10,000 butter recipes

Baked bananas with brown sugar, butter, and lemon zest — a 30-minute side dish that pairs beautifully with roasted meats or doubles as a warm dessert with ice cream.

Best 1-2-3-4 Cake with Chocolate Icing: a triple-layer butter cake topped with a cooked chocolate icing made from unsweetened squares. Old-school birthday cake at its essence.

Escargot en croûte tucks snails into garlicky herb butter with Pernod and anchovy, sealed under golden puff pastry domes. A French appetizer with a dramatic tableside reveal.

Chocolate peanut pie with melted semi-sweet chocolate, corn syrup, and unsalted peanuts in a from-scratch butter crust. Like a pecan pie but with chocolate and peanuts.

Roast pheasant stuffed with toasted rice, mushrooms, and herbs, draped in bacon and basted with a currant jelly and port wine sauce. A classic wild game dinner.

Australian melting moments biscuits: cornstarch-tender shortbread cookies sandwiched around vanilla buttercream icing. Makes 30 sandwich biscuits in 2 hours.

Pan de jamon is the Venezuelan Christmas bread: a soft, butter-rich dough rolled around ham, smoked bacon, olives, and raisins, then baked into a golden spiral loaf.

Old-fashioned crumb cake made with sour milk, cinnamon, and nutmeg. The same flour-butter mixture forms both the spiced cake batter and the crumbly streusel topping. One bowl, one pan.

Millionaire shortbread: classic three-layer Scottish bar with buttery shortbread base, chewy homemade caramel, and dark chocolate top. Made from scratch with sweetened condensed milk and corn syrup for the proper caramel pull.

Blueberry risotto with fresh boletus (porcini) mushrooms, white wine, thyme, and butter-finished arborio rice. A Swiss-inspired risotto where wild berries meet earthy wild mushrooms.

Apple crumb coffee cake: a yeasted brunch cake with a tender bread-like base, layered with sliced apples and a cinnamon-sugar butter crumb. German-style streuselkuchen at home.

Homemade Jos Louis cakes (gateaux Jos Louis): French Canadian chocolate sandwich cakes with fluffy marshmallow-style vanilla filling and a rich chocolate icing coat. A Quebec childhood classic.

Classic pecan sandies are tender shortbread-style butter cookies loaded with chopped pecans and dusted with powdered sugar. A 6-ingredient holiday favorite that melts on the tongue.

Oven-fried chicken coated in crushed corn flakes and drizzled with melted butter. Crispy like fried chicken but baked hands-off in the oven for an hour.

Lemon blueberry bread topped with a buttery lemon sugar crust that bakes deep golden and crunchy. Fresh blueberries and bright lemon zest fill this easy, no-mixer stir-together quick bread loaf.

Czech kolaches made with soft yeast dough and a homemade apricot filling. These pillowy rolls get an indentation pressed in the center to hold sweet fruit puree.